On Academic Achievements and Shortcomings of Collected Works of Materia Medica

Collected Works of Materia Medica is an important medical literature on materia medica, which comprises essential contents on the study of materia medica in various dynasties, with a detailed description of the insight of various physicians into the theories of traditional Chinese pharmacology and their experience in using drugs. The shortcomings of the book include mistakes in quotations without mentioning the sources of the quotations, lack of the author's own ideas and experiences in using drugs.